--- title: As soon as I had declared my errand I was conducted into the presenc… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as I had declared my errand I was conducted into the presence of the Caliph, to whom, after I had made my obeisance, I gave the letter and the king's gift, and when he had examined them he demanded of me whether the Prince of Serendib was really as rich and powerful as he claimed to be. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, king, Prince, my), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg128:18:24 # text = As soon as I had declared my errand I was conducted into the presence of the Caliph, to whom, after I had made my obeisance, I gave the letter and the king's gift, and when he had examined them he demanded of me whether the Prince of Serendib was really as rich and powerful as he claimed to be. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 declared declare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 conducted conduct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 after after SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 obeisance obeisance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 examined examine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 49 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Serendib Serendib PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 55 really really ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 56 as as ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 advcl _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 conj _ _ 60 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 advcl _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past · perfect | I | my errand | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent errand=Attribute | | 2 | **conduct** | past · passive | | I | | the presence of the Caliph | | soon *property* | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme whom=Beneficiary | | 3 | **make** | past · perfect | I | my obeisance | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obeisance=Product | | 4 | **give** | past | I | the letter and the king's gift | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | | 5 | **examine** | past · perfect | king | letters *= letter* | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | king | | | | | of me | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | the Prince of Serendib | | | | | rich *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | the Prince of Serendib *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **be** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **obey** | | my | | | | | | nom obeisance «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **gift** | | the king | | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/18/)